02-14-2022, 02:30 PM
(02-14-2022, 02:00 PM)mvossman Wrote: Not sure where you are getting this?
On/Off D for his whole career...a sample size of 7074 NBA minutes:
2021-22: -1.1
2020-21: +1.3
2019-20: +0.2
2018-19: +1.7
2017-18: +3.4
2016-17: +3.8
Some of those teams weren't very good defensively and there are a host of other factors, but point being in the entirety of his career his presence on the court has not had a big negative impact on the team's defensive performance.
I am NOT saying he is a "good" defender (especially individually). But I think he is a passable to decent TEAM defender. He will do his damn job on the defensive end as best he can. That is the single most important thing to me.